Modernity And Consumption: Theory, Politics, And The Public In Singapore And Malaysia

A study of what it means to be a consumer in early-21st-century Singapore and Malaysia. Antonio L. Rappa offers an examination of modernity and consumption with a non-Marxist, modernity-Resistance-theoretical frame that draws on the work of William E. Connolly, Gianni Vattimo, and others.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Leopold Rappa, Antonio L. Rappa, Antonio Leopold Rappa
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2002
• EAN: 9789812380296
• ISBN: 978-981-238-029-6
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Malaysia, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Singapore, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Politics and government, Consumerism